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Medical Xpress / Bring a friend: Financial and peer support increase women's reproductive agency in India

Despite improvements in economic and social empowerment, women in many countries still have little control over their own fertility and reproductive health.

23 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Vast cluster of ancient galaxies could rewrite the history of star formation

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming stars at an intense rate from collapsing clouds of dust. Reported in Astronomy & Astrophysics by ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Moral courage: Deliberate decisions to defend victims of school bullying

The Laboratory for Coexistence and Violence Prevention Studies (LAECOVI) at the UCO examines the relationship between moral courage and different forms of defense against bullying in a study involving over 3,700 students ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.

Jan 17, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / EU won't ask Big Tech to pay for telecoms overhaul

The EU will not force the world's biggest tech companies to pay for the overhaul of Europe's telecoms infrastructure despite pleas from the industry, Brussels announced on Wednesday.

21 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / US measles epidemic grows with South Carolina outbreak

The measles epidemic continues to spread in the United States, with an outbreak in the southeastern state of South Carolina growing to more than 600 cases, authorities said Tuesday.

Phys.org / Full value added tax on meat: A first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets

A study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Nature Food analyzes the ecological "footprint" from diets—and policy options to counteract through price signals. EU-wide, 23% of greenhouse gas emissions ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / New class of strong magnets uses earth-abundant elements, avoids rare-earth metals

Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious metals—a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer electronics ...

Jan 18, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, research reveals

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, appearing in Nature Astronomy, ...

Jan 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows

Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have a profound impact on local ecosystems. But there is another problem that has been largely overlooked ...

Jan 19, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Q&A: An ice core library in Antarctica may save humanity's climate memory

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples from glaciers rescued worldwide are now beginning to be stored there for safekeeping. This will allow, ...

Jan 18, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / What deep sea mud is revealing about giant earthquakes along the Pacific Coast

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often used as a historical record for reconstructing earthquake histories.

Jan 19, 2026 in Earth